CHAPTER 2 AIRCRAFT PILOTS
SECTION 8 COMMERCIAL PILOT – HELICOPTER
Article 47
In addition to have completed not less than 150 hours flight time as a pilot in both helicopter and full flight simulator or flight training device, in which no less than 100 hours of flight time shall be in helicopters, commercial pilot license-helicopter-applicant shall meet the following requirements:
(1) The applicant shall have completed not less than 35 hours of flight time as pilot-in-command in helicopter.
(2) The applicant shall have completed not less than 10 hours cross-country flight time as pilot-in-command including a cross-country flight totaling not less than 180 km in the course of which full-stop landings at two different aerodromes shall made.
(3) If the privileges of the license are to be exercised at night, the applicant shall have completed not less than 5 hours of night flight time including not less than 5 take-offs and 5 landings patterns as pilot-in-command.
(4) The applicant shall have completed not less than 10 hours of instrument instruction flight time, of which no more than 5 hours under instruction in a full flight simulator or flight training device is acceptable as part of the total time.
No more than 10 hours as a pilot under instructions in a full flight simulator or flight training device is acceptable as part of the above prescribed total flight time.
Article 48
Applicant for commercial pilot license-helicopter shall has demonstrated a level of knowledge appropriate to the privileges granted to the license holder in the following subjects:
(1) Civil Aviation Act and related laws and regulations.
(2) Principles of flight of rotorcraft.
(3) Air traffic management procedures.
(4) Weight and balance.
(5) Aeronautical meteorology.
(6) Air navigation basics.
(7) Radio telephone and phraseology.
(8) General maintenance of the helicopter.
(9) Human factor theory
Article 49
The applicant for commercial pilot licence-helicopter shall be able to demonstrate the ability to perform as pilot-in-command of a helicopter and must have no less than 3 hours dual instruction flight with the preceding 60 days. Or the applicant has completed the CAA established training program, the applicant shall be able to demonstrate in accordance with the “CAA PILOT(HELLICOPTER) RATING REPORT FORM” the ability to perform as pilot-in-command of the helicopter.
Article 50
The privileges of the holder of a commercial pilot licence-helicopter shall exercise all the privileges of the holder of a private pilot licence-helicopter and may also perform the following pilot’s duty in the same type of helicopters for which the licence holder is rated:
(1) To act as pilot-in-command in any helicopter engaged in operations other than the commercial air transportation.
(2) To act as pilot-in-command in commercial air transportation in any helicopter certified for single-pilot operation.
(3) To act as co-pilot in commercial air transportation in helicopters required to be operated with a co-pilot.